5 regions of New York entered the third phase of quarantine lifting: what will work from today

This Friday, June 12, five New York state regions entered the third phase of quarantine lifting. What this means for the population and business, the publication reported NBC. The Big Apple will not reach the second phase until the beginning of July.

Third Quarantine Cancellation Phase

On Friday, June 12, five New York regions will enter the third phase of quarantine removal, namely: Finger Lakes, Mohawk Valley, Southern Tier, North Country and Central New York Region.

As part of this phase, restaurants, manicure and tattoo parlors will resume their work. True, people will be allowed to enter inside in a limited number and only in protective masks. This was announced June 11 by State Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Playgrounds and pools can also be earned if the local authorities consider it safe. Cuomo urged officials to take action only if the data on the number of infections confirm a change for the better. “Everyone wants to swim, I understand. But sometimes yes is the wrong answer, ”the governor said.

Playgrounds in five districts will also not open immediately. On May 11, the mayor’s spokeswoman said the city is closely monitoring health indicators and is working on a plan at the same time, “so when it’s safe to open playgrounds, we’ll do it.”

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city is not yet ready to open pools. For starters, he wants to open more summer locations for recreation, such as beaches. Now the city of New York is looking for alternative ways in which citizens will be able to cool this summer - such as water sprinklers and cooling stations.

First phase of discovery in New York started just three days ago. Some of the largest stores along Manhattan's iconic Fifth Avenue have postponed opening days to remove plywood from the windows of stores looted last week. Saks, Wempe, Tiffany & Co. and Louis Vuitton reopened on June 11, joining Cartier and Valentino, which had opened the day before. A number of shops in the vibrant Fifth Avenue Association remain closed.

“We are in a great position to spearhead the city's rebuilding,” said Jerome Barth, president of the association. "In a sense, being able to start at a slower pace may not be too bad to get these things right until we're ready for the second phase." But he admitted that in the current environment, stores are suffering losses.

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De Blasio said earlier this week that he understands that some stores do not find the first phase the best time to reopen. Therefore, many expect a second phase to resume trading.

During the second phase, New Yorkers will be able to visit stores, adhering to the rules of distance and wearing protective masks. The city can reach this phase in early July, the mayor said. It is hoped that the state governor will weaken some measures in the near future.

On Thursday, about 150 people gathered on Long Island to urge Cuomo to lift the prom ban. The students hoped they could celebrate the end of the school year and have fun, but the governor was adamant. “It's better than death,” he said.

What do businessmen think?

While some shops in the city are in no hurry to open, others are in a hurry to catch up - some of them have lost millions due to closures. At least a dozen people gathered inside a Mini-Max clothing store in Sunset Park in Brooklyn this Wednesday. True, they tried to maintain a social distance and wore masks. “We have just opened. Everyone is hungry for the goods, ”said Albert Abeal, who has owned the store for about 20 years. He said that business has essentially returned to normal this week. “They haven't bought clothes for so long. Everything will slow down in a week, ”added the store owner.

Mutali Sing, owner of J&M Sneaker, stood outside his store and urged customers to order by phone. He said he was having trouble enforcing the policy. “As soon as they see that you are open, they think that you are working as usual and you can go in and see the range,” he said.

He is unlikely to be able to refuse a buyer - not considering that his landlord requires him to continue paying $ 8000 a month in rent. The city has launched new small business initiatives amid the pandemic to help shop and restaurant owners survive, but some run the risk of not getting help.

Eddie Zahoor, owner of Cap & Clothing Sports Inc., allows a maximum of two customers to visit his small sportswear store in Sunset Park at the same time. He distributes masks to clients if they don't have them, and there is a bottle of hand sanitizer near the front door.

Zahur hoped for a large flow of buyers immediately after the opening on Monday. However, he says things are going slowly. He applied for three government grants, but was denied all of them.

A cautious resumption of business is designed to prevent the revival of the coronavirus, which killed at least 22 thousand people in the city. Although the number of new infections has declined, the pandemic has not receded. Until the end of last week, hundreds of people continued to receive positive COVID test results daily.

Safe return to normal life

Cuomo said the city is operating in strict accordance with a phased reopening plan developed in accordance with federal and state public health guidelines. This approach will make it safe for New York to return to normalcy. “This is not a reckless renewal,” the governor said this week. - This is not politics. We had the most informed, science-based approach to reopening in the country. ”

Given that all 10 regions of New York are at some stage of resumption of work, Cuomo turned his attention to testing and careful monitoring of the level of infection, paying particular attention to the areas most affected by the pandemic.

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This week, the state launched a dashboard that daily monitors the number of tests performed and the percentage of positive results in 10 regions. It also breaks these metrics across counties, helping the state track hot spots.

According to this dashboard, 1,7% of the 23 people in New York tested on June 521 were infected with the virus. Most of these were found in the Bronx (10%) and Brooklyn (2,4%). This is comparable to 1,9% of positive test results at the peak of the crisis. De Blasio still believes that New York is in a moderate state of transmission of viruses with hundreds of new cases every day. He expects the situation to improve by fall if the New Yorkers continue to act wisely and undergo testing.

Daily Percentage of Positive Tests by New York Region

As the whole state of New York is at one stage or another of the resumption of work, special attention was directed to the daily monitoring of test results in each region. This will allow you to identify potentially hot spots before they appear. For the latest results nationwide, нажмите здесь.

It is too early to talk about whether the protests throughout the city in connection with the death of George Floyd, which has been going on for almost two weeks, have contributed to the increase in COVID infections. Cuomo has repeatedly called on all protesters to use one of the more than 240 test points currently available in five districts.

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy also called on protesters to get tested. He himself did this for the second time in a week after attending a justice rally in his state on Sunday.

Monday New Jersey will enter the second phase, there are terraces of restaurants and will be allowed to visit stores in person. “Exactly 100 days from now (since the beginning of the quarantine - Ed.), I want to say thank you to the millions of New Jersey residents who understood why we took such action, and who still understand that we need to remain vigilant,” Murphy said. "Thanks to you, we can enter the second phase of our restart on Monday."

Meanwhile, the Connecticut takes the following important steps to discovery.

On the one hand, the fight against the virus for more than 100 days and the need to comply with quarantine measures are depressing. But it is also a sobering reminder of how little time it took to lose tens of thousands of lives. Since New York announced its first coronavirus victim on March 14, nearly 41 deaths from COVID have been confirmed in the tri-state area. The real numbers are likely to be much higher.

Total in usa as of Wednesday, June 10, the number of victims exceeded two million